Keep toxic truck pollution out of our air

Heavy duty trucks have contributed to a public health crisis in Colorado by exposing residents to harmful diesel gas emissions linked to adverse health impacts. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) has the opportunity to implement the Advanced Clean Truck and Low Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) rules that would bring tougher emissions standards, improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, and help keep our communities safe.

Submit a comment today urging the AQCC to protect our clean air.

Tell the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission to protect our air from toxic diesel trucks

Colorado's air is the seventh most polluted in the country. And heavy duty diesel trucks are a major contributor to the dangerous emissions that have made this a reality. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) has a unique opportunity to implement Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) and Low Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) truck rules that would bring tougher emissions standards, improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, and keep our communities safe.

Truck pollution is a public health issue and a key environmental justice issue. In Colorado, heavy duty trucks are operating in congested areas (highways, warehouses, ports, etc.) in close proximity to communities of color and low-income communities, putting them at a disproportionately higher risk of asthma, decreased lung function, heart attacks, lung cancer, and premature deaths.

Colorado must prioritize the health and safety of its communities by enforcing higher clean truck standards on diesel truck manufacturers. Submit a comment today urging the AQCC to protect our clean air.

Take Action: Tell the AQCC you support Advanced Clean Truck and Low NOx rules.

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Subject Adopt ACT and Low NOx truck rules for healthier air quality

Dear Colorado Air Quality Control Commission:

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I urge you to implement the necessary Advanced Clean Truck and Low Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) truck rules that would protect Colorado residents from harmful diesel emissions and clean our air.

Colorado has the seventh-worst air quality in the entire country and that is largely due to the toxic air pollutants from heavy duty diesel trucks. This is a public health issue and an environmental justice issue. These trucks are operating in congested industrial areas in close proximity to communities of color and low-income communities around the state. The result is disproportionately high exposure to toxic diesel gas emissions linked to adverse health impacts, such as a higher risk of experiencing asthma, decreased lung function, heart attacks, lung cancer, and premature deaths.

Enough is enough. Colorado communities should not have to suffer the consequences of dangerous polluting industries. By adopting the Advanced Clean Truck and Low Nitrogen Oxide rules, the Air Quality Control Commission can ensure trucks operating in Colorado are cleaner while accelerating the transition to zero-emission commercial vehicles. This will improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, and keep our communities safe.

The American Lung Association estimated that the ACT and Low-NOx truck rules would prevent 18,520 asthma attacks and could save up to 485 Coloradans from premature deaths. By 2050, the clean truck rules would save $5.4 billion in avoided healthcare costs. In addition, these rules would curb Colorado's reliance on fossil fuels and slash greenhouse gas emissions, helping to keep the state in line with our climate change goals and combating extreme weather events like wildfires and drought.

Please do not hesitate prioritizing the health and safety of our communities.

Thank you,

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